Julio Torres Makes Everything Funny—Including Color Theory
Julio Torres got his big break as a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” and went on to make the cult favorites “Los Espookys” and “Fantasmas” for HBO. He also wrote and directed the film “Problemista,” a...
24 Mars 18min
Is Cuba Trump’s Next Target?
The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson has reported from Cuba for many years, and recently wrote about the deteriorating economic conditions on the island. His newest piece for the magazine dives into the ...
20 Mars 33min
Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards
Chloé Zhao became only the second woman to win an Oscar for Best Director, for 2020’s “Nomadland,” and she is nominated once again for “Hamnet,” starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. Based on Maggi...
15 Mars 22min
Social Media Goes to Court
In the book “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University, argues that social-media platforms are detrimental to youths’ well-being, and that society needs to ...
13 Mars 28min
Ryan Coogler on “Sinners,” His Epic Film about Race, Music, and the Undead
When the Oscar nominations were announced this year, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” set a record. It received sixteen nominations, the most for any film ever. The fact that it’s, in part, a vampire movie, m...
10 Mars 19min
The Global Fallout of Donald Trump’s War on Iran
As Iran’s retaliation hit American allies throughout the Middle East this week, David Remnick was joined by two New Yorker writers with decades of experience reporting from the region. Robin Wright ha...
6 Mars 31min
Failed “Finance Bros” Find Success with HBO’s “Industry”
David Remnick sits down with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the creators of a show he loves, “Industry,” which is currently airing its fourth season. The show is centered on the financial and personal dr...
1 Mars 16min
What Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with Iran
As Donald Trump and his Administration threaten to attack Iran, their motivations remain unclear. Does the President want to force Iran to make a nuclear deal, to replace the one that he scrapped in h...
27 Feb 34min
